10 Ways to Show Your Devices Who's Boss - Slide 6

Ignore your digital distractors until it’s a good time for a break. This means resisting the urge to check online for the latest news, sports, gossip, or sales while you’re working. Jot down those unrelated ideas or tasks that pop into your head and do them later. Feel good about single-tasking, knowing how much faster and better you’re working. Save your entertainment for when you can enjoy it.

In Don Tennant’s post "Dealing with the ‘Vice’ in ‘Devices,'" he writes about the extent to which we’re addicted to the instruments that keep us online, following a discussion he had on the topic with Dr. Joanne Cantor, a psychologist and author of the book, “Conquering CyberOverload.” Chances are you’re able to identify with that need for a fix to at least some degree, so advice on changing the habits that drive that need might be helpful.

Here are 10 tips offered by Cantor on how to retrain yourself so that you can show your devices who’s boss.